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Crawfish crisis leads to disaster declaration by Louisiana governor [1]

['David Pescovitz']

Date: 2024-03-08

Extreme weather has caused a crawfish crisis in Louisiana, prompting Governor Jeff Landry to issue a disaster declaration. A brutal and ongoing drought dried out the ground to the point that crawfish can't burrow to lay eggs. The resulting crawfish shortage has decimated the state's $300 million crawfish industry by more than half for the year.

"Mardi Gras 2024 was still celebrated, but this time without abundant and affordable crawfish," stated Mike Strain, commissioner of the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry. "For the first time in many years, due to sustained drought in 2023 and freezing temperatures in early 2024, crawfish are simply unavailable."

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